‘Total Silence on outrages’: Congress hits out at Centre over Gaza flotilla row as Ramesh flags Ben-Gvir video
The Congress party questioned the Centre's silence on Israel’s handling of activists aboard a Gaza-bound aid flotilla.
The Congress party questioned the Centre's silence on Israel’s handling of activists aboard a Gaza-bound aid flotilla.
I n late April, Amal Khalil, a 43-year-old Lebanese journalist, was killed in a double-tap Israeli strike in southern Lebanon. When rescue teams tried to reach her and another injured journalist, they reportedly also came under fire.
So begins Erich Maria Remarque’s All Quiet on the Western Front, a haunting chronicle of young men extinguished before their time. Through the trenches of history, the young have always been collateral in wars they neither started nor understood.
Senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Tuesday strongly criticised the Centre over Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s upcoming visit to Israel, questioning its timing amid escalating violence in the Gaza Strip and the occupied West Bank.
US President Donald Trump will convene the inaugural Board of Peace meeting, during which member states will announce over $5 billion in investment for Gaza reconstruction and related security measures.
Meanwhile, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said early Saturday in a statement that it had received the body of the 10th deceased Israeli hostage held in Gaza from Hamas, apart from all the remaining 20 living hostages.
The Israel Defence Forces (IDF) on Sunday announced that it has "renewed enforcement" of the ceasefire agreement following a series of air strikes in Gaza, launched in retaliation for what it claims to be attacks on its forces by Hamas, describing them as "blatant violations" of the agreement.
The Israel Defence Forces (IDF) carried out air strikes in the Rafah area of southern Gaza on Sunday after accusing "terrorists" of targeting its troops in Rafah area, the military said in a post on X.
The statement added that "measures will be taken to protect the people of Gaza and preserve the integrity of the ceasefire," though it did not specify what those measures would entail.
The Gaza peace declaration signed in Sharm el-Sheikh has the unmistakable air of theatre ~ grand, emotional, and designed for the cameras.
